New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-04
MEDICAL NOTES.

PRESERVING BODIES BY METALZINo.-A Frenchman
sometime since suggested that human bodies DO cop
perplated means of preservation, ne having uieu
the experiment successfully on small animals the
conner shell can be plated with Nickel silver or gold
Whatever use may be made Of this as means VI
preserve alton, 1t is useful as method of obtaining
fac -simile casts for demonstration Inc process Pro
posed by roca for metalizng the brain Is wen hhowh
The organ is first hardened, then Immersed in soiu
ZION Of nitrate Of silver and then exposed to the action
Of sulphurated hydrogeD metallic suiphde Is .h'S
formed which acts the same as the black lean coating
employed In electrotypng; the organ thus prepared
IS placed in the BATH the operation being the same
as in electro-metallurgy, only very thin ucPosi'
being required The brain s removed through ve
small hole, the interior washed out MIN
ard finally after drying the shell Is hiied with paS'"
of Paris.
WHAT DOCTORS PREscRIBE.-The subscribers to Thc
Chemist and Druggist" London, having been asked
TO send to the editor 10000 prescriptions dlsest
of the answers received shows that spirits of cho'o
form sal volatile glycerine and syrup OF orange pee
take high places drugs most frequently prcscliocu
Ito these being also added bromide Oh potassdii
which ranks second only to chloroforn. vino Vi
ipecacuanha, suphae Of quinine, bicarbonate OF oua
carbonate Of ammonia, liquor ammonia acc'a's'
potassii bcarbonatis and spirtus ethes nitros arc
the other members Of the group OF twelve drugs most
frequently ordered Several OF these minister 10 the
disorders OF the respiratory tract and tho time Vi
year may have some influence on their use Inis
representative. Thus, If the statistics Oh some nos
pitals and dlspensaries taken, bicarbonate oi
soda rhubarb and gentan would. 1t is thought, OK
coed the other drugs In respect Of frequency Oh P q,
scription; fuithcr spirit Oi chor9iorn anu syrup VI
orange peel are mainly used as adIuncts'
FUMIGATroS IN CASE OF DIPHrHERfA-A writer IN
"Thd American Medical Journal" urges, in case OF
pnmises or apartments where there Is diph'herEi'
tft the most convenient method Of fumigatlon Is 70
drop n small pinch of sulphur upon hot stove IL
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the room, few Goals on shovel or other conven-
lent uensil may be carried into the room, anu 'no
sulphur dropped the coas-a little experience soon
enabling any one to determine how much sulphur 10
burn in each room. 1t is not necessary, he renarhs
to ill the room so full Of these sulphur fumes as TO
cause sufocation, and, in any case lituc 100
much sulphur is used, causing offensive FUMES, inc
doors and windows be opened for minute OF
two Other dlsinfectants may OF course be en-
Moved but these sulphur fumes arc found to per
meatc every crevce in the housethe fact being that
II is the most practical and efectual method OF dis
infection against the spread OF the oIease that can
be adopted; is useful, indeed In the house HiccNu
and In all neighbonng houses
INDIGESTION TREATED WITH CARBoLIc AcID.-Of late,
cases Of Indigestion have been treated with carb0lic
acid its employment being found very satisfactory
in that form Of dyspepsia known as Preventative
accompanied by constant sour rsings and Quotations
of Gas, with pain after meals and discomfort even
after drinking milk cocoa 1t has proved usciui
In the form Of glycerine of carboc acid, that Is.
one part Of crystazed carbolc acid to four parts
Of clycerne, the dose being from five TO ten minms
I'm mint water, other convenient vehicle. In case
of much pain OF tho stomach after food, 1t has been
found useful to add five SIX minims OF the liquor
opi sedativus to each dose, and when there Is want
N tone In the seat Of Indigestion and bad appetite,
five to ten mnims OF the tincture of nux vomca
have proved serviceable. 1t Is an interesting sub
feet Of inquiry, whether the carbolic acid in this
en,licatfop by arretng Preventative changes In
the stomach, by It's weii-known an1sthotic IN
luence ON mucous membranes.
FATIGUE OF THE EYE BIZ CERTAIN CoIons.-It has been
laid down by NJ Chevreul that the human eye cannot
DO long employed IN the perception of given co'or
without tending to become insensblo and to arouse
an impression similar to that ordinarily produced by
the perception Of white light DR. Beclard has also
noticed that when the eye is directed for time upon
coored field, the other eye being closed, II the eye
which open in turn closed and the other opened
q spectre Of the complementary color will be per
ceivod; thus, If the right eye has observed rcd
disk, the left being shut, reversal Of this state Of
things would result In the perception Of disk
by freshly opened left eye In virtue Of tho
property Of the eye, when two tlnts placed be-
side each other tho nearest edge Of the will ap
par though deprived of all the coOrcd rays which
II may have In common with tho other. An
Ogous effect Is produced with grays coored that
Is 10 say, formed simply of white and black